Jones Soda selling bacon in bottle: Would you drink it?

Seattle-based Jones Soda is partnering with the makers of “bacon salt” and “Baconnaise” to sell a salty, pork-flavored beverage.

Why? Jones Soda executives felt it was their “duty,” of course.

“Bacon is like the eighth wonder of the world,” said Jones Soda Marketing Director Mike Spear. “We spend a lot of time listening to our customers on social media sites, and we couldn’t help but take notice of the hundreds of thousands of people taking part in bacon discussion boards and fan groups right now.”

He added: “We felt it was our duty as leaders in the premium soda category to carbonate bacon’s salty goodness.”

For now, the product is available packaged with other bacon-flavored products from Seattle’s J&D’s Foods. For $9.99, you get two bottles of bacon soda, a bag of cheddar-flavored BaconPOP, a tube of bacon-flavored lip balm and and a package of bacon gravy. (It’s sold at MyJones.com and at BaconSalt.com.

Jones executives said this might be the start of a long, bacony relationship with J&D’s Foods.

“Until now, it was impossible to guzzle your favorite breakfast meat, so this is a huge step for bacon lovers everywhere and may be the start of a very long relationship,” Spear said.

I’ve written about the founders of J&D’s Foods before. You might remember them as the guys who sold Bacon Kevin Bacon on eBay a few months ago.

Given some of the other ideas that have come out of the company, some might say bacon soda is long overdue.

So, what’s the verdict? Would you drink a bottle of bacon-flavored soda?